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Hareholme & Waterfoot ward, Rossendale

Hareholme & Waterfoot is one of 10 electoral wards of Rossendale Borough Council, in Lancashire (North West). At the 2021 Census it had 5,732 residents in 2,619 households — 908 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Rossendale and Darwen constituency; for county elections it is in the Mid-Rossendale and Rossendale East divisions.

Residents, 20215,732council ward average 7,087
Households2,6192.19 residents per household
Density908/ km²about 6.32 km² · Rossendale 513
Aged 65+21.4%Rossendale: 19.3% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.3% · 302
5–95.6% · 322
10–156.8% · 389
16–193.6% · 206
20–244.7% · 271
25–3411.9% · 680
35–4918.3% · 1,046
50–6422.4% · 1,286
65–7412.0% · 685
75–846.9% · 398
85+2.5% · 146

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van21.9% · 574
1 car or van41.1% · 1,077
2 cars or vans28.8% · 754
3 or more8.3% · 217
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Rossendale overall: 67.9% owned, 14.8% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright33.5% · 879
With mortgage30.7% · 805
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented17.8% · 466
Private rented17.7% · 463
Lives rent free0.1% · 2

Type of home

Detached house15.1% · 394
Semi-detached house27.9% · 731
Terraced house41.8% · 1,094
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 273
Converted house1.3% · 35
Other conversion1.8% · 46
Above shop / office1.5% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 5
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.